This article
explains
what would
happen on
planet
earth when
severe solar
flare
activity
happens, as
predicted
for the
future. Such
events have
occurred in
the past.
The chaos
that would
occur on
planet earth
would be
devastating
and line up
with what
the Bible
indicates
will occur
on planet
earth in the
future.

January 9 -
Powerful Solar
Storm Could Shut
Down U.S. for
Months

Article:
Signs Of The
Last Times

A new
study
from the
National
Academy
of
Sciences
outlines
grim
possibilities
on Earth
for a
worst-case
scenario
solar
storm.
Damage
to power
grids
and
other
communications
systems
could be
catastrophic,
the
scientists
conclude,
with
effects
leading
to a
potential
loss of
governmental
control
of the
situation.

The
prediction
is based
in part
on
a major
solar
storm in
1859
that
caused
telegraph
wires to
short
out in
the
United
States
and
Europe,
igniting
widespread
fires.
It was
perhaps
the
worst in
the past
200
years,
according
to the
new
study,
and with
the
advent
of
modern
power
grids
and
satellites,
much
more is
at risk.

"A
contemporary
repetition
of the
[1859]
event
would
cause
significantly
more
extensive
(and
possibly
catastrophic)
social
and
economic
disruptions,"
the
researchers
conclude.

"Impacts
would be
felt on
interdependent
infrastructures
with,
for
example,
potable
water
distribution
affected
within
several
hours;
perishable
foods
and
medications
lost in
12-24
hours;
immediate
or
eventual
loss of
heating/air
conditioning,
sewage
disposal,
phone
service,
transportation,
fuel
resupply
and so
on,"
the
report
states.
Outages
could
take
months
to fix,
the
researchers
say.
Banks
might
close,
and
trade
with
other
countries
might
halt.

"Emergency
services
would be
strained,
and
command
and
control
might be
lost,"
write
the
researchers,
led by
Daniel
Baker,
director
of the
Laboratory
for
Atmospheric
and
Space
Physics
at the
University
of
Colorado
in
Boulder.
"Whether
it is
terrestrial
catastrophes
or
extreme
space
weather
incidents,
the
results
can be
devastating
to
modern
societies
that
depend
in a
myriad
of ways
on
advanced
technological
systems,"
Baker
said in
a
statement
released
with the
report.

The race
is on
for
better
forecasting
abilities,
as
the next
peak in
solar
activity
is
expected
to come
around
2012.
Some
scientists
expect
the next
peak to
bring
more
severe
events
than
other
recent
peaks.

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